svik

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvɪːk]

Noun

svik n (genitive singular sviks)

1. fraud

Declension

Declension of svik
n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	svik	svikið	svik	svikini
accusative	svik	svikið	svik	svikini
dative	sviki	svikinum	svikum	svikunum
genitive	sviks	sviksins	svika	svikanna

Derived terms

• peningasvik
• fíggjarsvik
• skattasvik
• skjalasvik
• heimildarsvik
• vinnufelagssvik
• tryggingarsvik
• sølutingssvik
• svikagerð
• svikabragd

Related terms

• mutur
• peningur

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse svik, from Proto-Germanic *swiką. More at Scots swick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /svɪːk/
• Rhymes: -ɪːk

Noun

svik n pl (plurale tantum)

1. betrayal, treachery
2. fraud, swindle, scam

   Synonym: svindl

Declension

declension of svik

n-s	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	svik	svikin
accusative	svik	svikin
dative	svikum	svikunum
genitive	svika	svikanna

Derived terms

• svikahrappur (“cheat, swindler”)
• svikóttur (“deceitful”)
• sviksamur (“deceitful”)
• sviksemi (“deceitfulness”)
• svikull (“deceitful; unreliable”)

Related terms

• svíkja (“to betray; to deceive”)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse svik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʋiːk/

Noun

svik n (definite singular sviket, indefinite plural svik, definite plural svika)

1. betrayal

Related terms

• svika/svike
• svikar

Etymology 2

Verb

svik

1. (deprecated template usage) present tense of svika
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of svika

References

• “svik” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Verb

svik

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of svika.

Anagrams

• viks